11.   South Korean officials said the term must be specified in any reactor deal with the North.

12.   The United States and Japan are the other major financiers of the reactor deal.

13.   They say it could be sooner if the Russians go ahead with the reactor deal.

14.   Two other consortiums, from Europe and the United States, also are vying for Turkish reactor deal.

15.   Washington, which consider Iran a rogue state, has been leaning on the Russians to abandon the reactor deal, but with little success.

16.   It added that Nikko was sounding out the major Japanese trading firm Nissho Iwai Corp. and the Mitsubishi business group for their cooperation in coordinating the reactor deal.

17.   Abaza also denied reports that the United States had put pressure on Argentina to cancel the reactor deal with Egypt.

18.   Deputy premier Davydov, quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency, said a final decision on the reactor deal would be taken after the summit.

19.   Clinton has twice tried and failed to persuade Russian President Boris Yeltsin to call off the reactor deal, estimated to be worth around two billion dollars.